Ivete Conchon-Costa graduated from the Biological Sciences Department of the State University of Londrina (1987). She received her master's degree in parasitology from the University of São Paulo (1994) and her Ph.D. in microbiology from the State University of Londrina (2006). She is a retired Associate Professor in parasitology at the State University of Londrina. She is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Graduate Program in Experimental Pathology at the State University of Londrina.